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Thursday, July 2, 2009

Rock This! Thursday Giveaway

Ballads of Suburbia by Stephanie KuehnertRelease Date: July 21, 2009

Kara hasn't been back to Oak Park since the end of junior year, when a heroin overdose nearly killed her and sirens heralded her exit. Four years later, she returns to face the music. Her life changed forever back in high school: her family disintegrated, she ran around with a whole new crowd of friends, she partied a little too hard, and she fell in love with gorgeous bad-boy Adrian, who left her to die that day in Scoville Park....Amid the music, the booze, the drugs, and the drama, her friends filled a notebook with heartbreakingly honest confessions of the moments that defined and shattered their young lives. Now, finally, Kara is ready to write her own.

Since Stephanie is our Author of the Month, I thought doing a giveaway for her upcoming novel would be great. Oh and also because the book blew me away and is one of my new favorites!

For your chance to win just leave a comment with your email address (no email, no entry)by July 21st at midnight (central time). This contest is only open to those with a US or Canada mailing address.Contest is now closed! Thanks to all who entered.

+5 Since the book is based in the 90's, leave a comment telling something that you loved from that era. For example most of the bands I love like Nirvana, Bush, Green Day, No Doubt, Sublime, Alanis Morissette, and tons others came out around then. Let's not forget the best movie ever from 1995 called Empire Records! (Damn the Man!Save the Empire! Rave on! Rave on!)

62 comments:

+3 for being a follower.+1 for posting this contest on my sidebar. (http://tainted-poet.blogspot.com/)+5 My favorite part of the 90's were the old shows I use to watch! Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Are you afraid of the dark?, Clarissa explains it all, Boy Meets World, Kenan and Kel, there are so many!

+3 I am A Follower+5 Do YOu Remember All The Cult Classic Movies?? Like Urban Legend, Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, And The Craft... I Miss Movies Like That.. Even Though Some People Found them Cheesy I Love Them... And I Also Miss BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER!!! That Was My Favorite Show!! I Still Watch It On DVD..+1 Posted On My Blog Above My Posts..

I really miss the cartoons from the 90s (Rugrats, Rockos Modern Life, Doug, etc.)Those were the ones I grew up on, so they will always hold a special place in my heart that no new cartoon can ever touch.

+5 I most certainly have to agree with Empire Records (What's with today, today?)the 90's also brought us my favorite writer's first work Weetzie Bat(okay so it was'89 but shhhh) The 90's brought some of my favorite movies like Fight Club, SLC Punk, Clerks and Mallrats.

OMG! Empire Records is my favorite movie of all times. I never thought somebody else would love it the way I do!(I know every dialog! its crazy). What else I loved about the 90's other tha Emp R? I would have to say FRIENDS because it is the best show ever.

+3 Already a follower.+5 What I loved was the tv shows. The ones that you would wake up extra early to see. I use to love watching Yu-Gi-Oh. Then shows like Blue's Clues and Kennan and Kel, The Amanda Show, All That. Television just isn't that good anymore.

+5 I think you mentioned almost all of my favorite music of the 90s : I was a fan of Green Day, No Doubt and Alanis! But, one thing you didn't mentioned was... New Kids on the Block! I was WAY too young and didn't understand english at the time, but my older sister was a fan, so of course I had to love them too ;)

+5 Favorite TV show of the 90's is friends. Favorite movie of the 90's is Forrest Gump, favorite band of the 90's is Green Day, favorite clothes in the 90's would be platform shoes...and having my son in 1999 would be my top favorite thing

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+3 I'm already a follower+1 There is a link to this on the sidebar of of my blog: Lauren's Crammed Bookshelf+5 My favorite part of the '90s was all the really amazing movies, tv shows, and music groups that cam from it: Ten Things I Hate About You, Boy Meets World, Clueless, Friends, No Doubt, and many others.

+2 i've been a follower 4 like a day+3 i commented on the interview+5 i rlly miss the cartoons hey arnold, catdog, rocket power, the original rugrats and not crappy all grown up yeah loltashiluvsu(at)live(dot)com

+2 I became a follower!+3 I commented on Stephanie's interview+1 I twitted about it: http://twitter.com/lafemmereaders+5 I loved some of the TV shows in the 90's such as 90210, Married with children, mama's family, full house, saved by the bell and the list can go on and on...

+1 I shared this post on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Nelsby/status/2592937588

+5 First and foremost, I absolutely LOVE the movie Reality Bites...still can't get enough of it! I hate to start naming bands because I might not stop...but here's a few of my faves: Nine Inch Nails, Stone Temple Pilots, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam.

+3 for already being a follower+5 I love No Doubt too (Tragic Kingdom CD msot so 90s there), still loev my 90s pop too, though...Bringing Down the Horse Wallflowers CD, Buffy, 10 Things I Hate Abotu You (was that 90s?), and my baby doggy who was born in the 90s..I miss her D: And living in the Chicago area...I did that in the 90s (or most of it.)

My favorite thing about the nineties is that there was great women's figure skating. Michelle Kwan was at the top of her game and so were the competitiors. There's no one I really want to root for in the sport right now.

+5 Well I was quite young in the 90s, (born in 89) but I did love me some Hanson brothers! My favorite thing from the 90s was the movie Clueless. I thought it was cool then, now I just find it hilarious. I can quote almost every line from it!

+3 Already a follower+3 commented on the interview+1 linked in sidebar+1 linked in a Tweet+5 That computers became so mainstream and everyday. Also the birth of cellphones. (That was the 90s, wasn't it?) Also... our births? :P

+2 for becoming a follower+1 linked: http://ninjafanpire.blogspot.com/2009/07/contests.html+5 I liked the show My Little Pony. Even though I think that came out in the 80's, I wasn't born then. Also the Babar movies.

+2 Became a follower+3 commented on interview+1 Posted on sidebar @ harlequintwilightsbookblog.blogspot.com+1 Posted on Twitter http://twitter.com/SamanthaLeAnne/statuses/2753847077+5 The music! Including the bands you named, which are all amazing! Oh and SLC Punk, Fight Club, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Casino, and the gloriousness that is American History X.